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  2. Lady Franklin Bay Expedition - Wikipedia

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    Proteus arrived without problems at Lady Franklin Bay by August 11, dropped off men and provisions, and left. [5] In the following months, Lieutenant James Booth Lockwood and Sergeant David Legge Brainard achieved a new Farthest North record at 83°24′N 40°46′W  /  83.400°N 40.767°W  / 83.400; -40.767 , off the north coast of ...

  3. Lady Franklin Bay - Wikipedia

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    Lady Franklin Bay is in a generally northeast to southwest direction, and as such it spreads inland about 110 km (70 mi) from Hall Basin. The main bay contains one noted branch to the northwest known as Discovery Bay, and the interior lengths of Lady Franklin Bay extending southwest are sometimes shown on maps as Archer Fjord .

  4. Fort Conger - Wikipedia

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    Fort Conger is a former settlement, military fortification, and scientific research post in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.It was established in 1881 as an Arctic exploration camp, [2] notable as the site of the first major northern polar region scientific expedition, [3] the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, led by Adolphus Greely as part of the United States government's contribution to ...

  5. Adolphus Greely - Wikipedia

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    In 1881, he was appointed to command the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition, a 25-man expedition organized to carry out Arctic explorations. The expedition ran short of food and several resupply and rescue missions were unsuccessful, and by the time Greely and his men were rescued in 1884, there were only six survivors.

  6. Laura Waterman - Wikipedia

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    Waterman is the subsequent author of three other books: a memoir Losing the Garden: The Story of a Marriage (2005), [11] [12] Starvation Shore, a historical novel on the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of the 1880s (2019), [13] [14] and a second memoir Calling Wild Places Home: A Memoir in Essays (2024).

  7. List of Arctic expeditions - Wikipedia

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    1850–1851: First Grinnell expedition led by Edwin De Haven, the first American search for the members of Franklin's lost expedition, finds the graves of crew members John Torrington, William Braine and John Hartnell on Beechey Island; 1851: William Kennedy leads a search expedition for Franklin in the Prince Albert, sponsored by Lady Franklin

  8. Cape Sabine - Wikipedia

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    The cape was named after Arctic explorer Sir Edward Sabine (1788–1883), was the site of the winter camp of Adolphus Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in 1883–1884. [ 1 ] Notable people

  9. Pim Island - Wikipedia

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    The Adolphus Greely expedition wintered at Camp Clay in 1883, [3] and in 1884, Cape Sabine was the rescue site for Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition. [4] The island is named in honour of naval officer and barrister Bedford Pim of HMS Resolute.